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Author Talks: How to speak confidently when you’re put on the spot

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

If you dread public speaking, small talk, or delivering feedback, you’re not alone. Matt Abrahams shares tips for mastering communication in spontaneous situations.

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Nonprofit Funding in 2025: Preparing for Shifts Under a New Federal Administration

Grants4Good

Margit’s passion is public speaking, coaching, and teaching others through her self-paced online course, All About Grant Writing. Talk to your team, plan ahead and know the work you are doing is preventing harm and potentially saving lives. Margit Brazda Poirier, GPC, M.S.

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Practical Ways to Use AI in 2024

Grants4Good

Margit’s passion is public speaking, coaching, and teaching others through her self-paced online course, All About Grant Writing. If you need a primer on AI, check out my blog on AI and ChatGPT: What is it and how do I use it? Margit Brazda Poirier, GPC, M.S.

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How to Keep Track of It All?

Grants4Good

Margit’s passion is public speaking, coaching, and teaching others through her self-paced online course, All About Grant Writing. Get access now through my direct link here. Margit Brazda Poirier, GPC, M.S. is Owner and CEO of Grants4Good LLC ®, a grant writing training and consulting company based in New York.

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Stop playing it safe and pitch your ideas

Partnership for Public Service

Remember public speaking basics: Recall what you have learned about public speaking or briefing the boss, such as having a strong opening and closing, using both data and storytelling to appeal to different audiences, and being succinct and direct while having the background and supporting information at the ready if needed.

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Episode 64: Bridging the Racial Wealth Divide with NCRC’s Community Development Fund

CRA Today

In addition to this work, Marisa is also a board member of the non-partisan political action committee, Latinas Lead California and a Senior Advisor to America’s Homeowner Alliance.

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Promoting Hybrid Collaboration in North Carolina

GovLoop

Public speaking, conflict resolution and problem-solving are a few examples. During this time, individuals should lean on their “soft” skills — or in other words, success skills. The good thing is they’re not too different from when you were fully in person.